Hillary Clinton says she'll win the Democratic nomination so Michael Bloomberg won't need to run for president

Hillary Clinton brushed off former New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg's potential exploration of a presidential run.

In an interview with Meet The Press on Sunday, the
Democratic presidential candidate said that Bloomberg's
recent flirtation with an independent run in order to keep the
presidency out of the hands of Republican presidential
front-runner Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was
unnecessary.

"I'm going to do the best I can to make sure that I get the
nomination and we'll go from there," Clinton said.

When moderator Chuck Todd asked Clinton if she was worried about
a potential Bloomberg bid, the former secretary of state said
that she would "relieve" him of his need to run.

"The way I read with he said is if I didn't get the nomination,
he might consider it," Clinton said. "Well, I'm going to relieve
him of that and get the nomination so he doesn't have to."

On Saturday, the New York Times reported that the former mayor is
seriously considering a run for the
presidency particularly if Clinton loses the Democratic
primary and Sanders and Trump become the nominees for the
Democratic and Republican parties respectively. The
mayor considered running in 2008,
but backed out after he reportedly believed he
could not win.

Critics noted immediately that Bloomberg's candidacy would
likely be a disastrous scenario for Democrats.

The nominee needs a majority of votes from the electoral
college in order to secure the nomination, otherwise the election
is decided by the House of Representatives, which is
overwhelmingly controlled by Republicans.

Though Bloomberg initially ran for mayor as a Republican, he
later became an independent, and has championed causes embraced
by the left such as gun control and immigration reform, and is
liberal on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.